5 Bible Verses about God's Desires

Go then, and learn what is said, "I require mercy and not sacrifice:" for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

But if ye had known what that meant, I desire mercy and not sacrifice; ye would not have condemned the innocent.

And he went up into a mountain, and called to him those whom he chose; and they came to him.

Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they may also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou gavest me: because thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world.

For the flesh hath appetites contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these act in opposition the one to the other: so that ye do not the things which ye would.